Market Now: Tata Motors, PNB most active stocks in terms of volume

Benchmark indices took a plunge on Friday morning following a sharp correction in US stocks overnight on escalating tension between the US and North Korea which had a ripple effect across Asian markets.NEW DELHI: Shares of Tata Motors (number of shares traded: 0.39 crore), Ashok Leyland (number of shares traded: 0.27 crore), PFC (number of shares traded: 0.25 crore), Punjab National Bank (number of shares traded: 0.24 crore), Vedanta (number of shares traded: 0.23 crore), State Bank of India (number of shares traded: 0.21 crore) and Hindalco Industries (number of shares traded: 0.20 crore) were trading as the most active stocks in terms of volume on NSE in Friday's early trade.

Benchmark indices took a plunge on Friday morning following a sharp correction in US stocks overnight on escalating tension between the US and North Korea which had a ripple effect across Asian markets.

The BSE Sensex plunged over 330 points to hit a low of 31195, before recovering a bit.

Nifty too cracked over 100 points to hit a low of 9,704.

Nifty50 index was trading 82 points lower at 9,738, while the 30-share Sensex was 295 points down at 31,236 around 9.50 am (IST).

Only Nifty IT index was in green while all other sectoral indices were trading in red around the same time.